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Durham Constabulary were effectively ordered to come to that conclusion by the Attorney General, who went for the Barbossa defence ('they're more what you might call guidelines'). The Attorney General, let us not forget, was effectively appointed by Dominic Cummings. This was based on Cummings' claim that he needed to go… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Meanwhile a message from Marf
He - Farage - has been making major speeches all over. It's just that it's not being reported on the MSM. Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage Sep 9 In my speech in the European Parliament earlier, I made clear that we must stop the boats coming http://youtu.be/pH46_PVpqnk Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage 22h22 hours ago French media… -
Re: The long road to a united Ireland – politicalbetting.com
It is not entirely clear from the Mail's report but if the dogs lived in the house the dead woman was visiting, then the situation is murkier than if the dogs were off their leads outside and attacked her, or if the dogs were set on her. Ironically, from the dogs' point of view they may have been protecting the child from… -
Re: This would be great for the Tories but for GE2019 CON don’t knows – politicalbetting.com
But that specific claim is already out there, thanks to everyone's favourite career sociopath. Nothing to do with the enquiry. The horse has already bolted and found a distant field full of juicy grass to eat. Given that the claim is already public, and has been for about two years, how can the enquiry not investigate it?… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Cameron’s handling of the Maria Miller affair: Across the b
Discussion on the murder of Keith Blakelock on Newsnight When Stephen Lawrence was murdered, apparently within 48 hours dozens upon dozens of people had named the 5 people who were eventually tried. I've just heard that 30 people surrounded Blakelock while he was murdered, almost all from the estate I would have thought… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Toby Young quits so helping TMay by taking the attention away
Surely the lesson from this Toby Young issue is for anyone who has been routinely offensive on the likes of Twitter and is then going to be appointed to a serious role is to delete their old Tweets BEFORE the announcement is made? As soon as Toby Young was appointed people started going through his old Tweets. He then a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The fixed term parliament has taken a lot of interest out o
Shocking X-ray: Doctors remove fork from penis of 70-year-old Australian man The case is considered so unusual it has been written-up by three doctors in the International Journal of Surgery Case Report ....The Canberra Times says he told doctors he had inserted the piece of cutlery into his urethra almost 12 hours earlier… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Survation poll on Heywood and Middleton has a comfortable L
Daniel Hannan seems to feel quite sad for the LDs blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100288545/nick-clegg-has-undone-50-years-of-liberal-recovery/You’d forgotten about the Liberal Democrats, hadn’t you? You vaguely assumed that they must already have held their annual get-together somewhere, and that you had missed… -
Re: As Johnson looks securer Sunak’s next PM chances decline – politicalbetting.com
We already have a level of engagement with Russian forces, via our weaponry put in theatre. Can't imagine the Russian Army and its mercenaries look forward to full engagement with NATO, so it's hard to imagine Putin is provoking an encounter that he would lose very quickly indeed. Those columns of vehicles would be gone… -
Re: BoJo goes next week but what then? – politicalbetting.com
There's a second time for everything, though. And the Conservatives have set themselves a stinker of a problem to solve demographically. It's always been the case that people get more right-wing on average as they get older. But since about 2016, the effect has become huge. Really huge. I like this set of graphs because it… -
Re: A Very Dark Horse for Johnson’s successor – politicalbetting.com
Highly unlikely, every new PM who has come in midterm since WW2 has held one of the Great Offices of State in Cabinet ie Chancellor, Home Secretary or Foreign Secretary. I therefore cannot see beyond Sunak, Truss or Patel (or indeed Raab or Hunt who have been Foreign Secretary in the past or Javid as a former Chancellor)… -
Re: How the UK by some margin leads the way in Europe on vaccination – politicalbetting.com
Given 65% of 50 to 54s have been jabbed, if this had been a few weeks ago they would have been telling 45+ to start booking their appointments. IIRC it was about 2/3rds done of one group before starting on the next to ensure there was a steady flow of people being jabbed. I suspect now they are not because they are aware… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Time to make a call. The value bet in Newark is 3-1 that it
The neglected ONS monthly Economic Review often throws up some interesting economic analysis. This morning's publication looks at the contribution made by energy costs to consumer inflation since the financial crisis. [T]he primary drivers of higher inflation rates in 2008 were the costs of household energy – including… -
Re: Local lockdowns by stealth – it is all looking rather chaotic – politicalbetting.com
Anyone is entitled to inspect the marked register, for either electoral or research purposes, and anyone who has been a candidate is entitled to ask for a copy, for a small fee. It’s a useful safeguard against fraud, enabling people who have been involved with the campaign to cross-check against their records of deaths,… -
Re: And so Day 44 of Truss’s premiership continues – politicalbetting.com
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How long before a UK coronavirus death does not make the front
From ferrets to mice and marmosets, labs scramble to find right animals for coronavirus studies https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-labs-scramble-to-find-right-animals-for-covid-19-studies/ ...About 15 years ago, Perlman’s lab engineered some mice to have the receptors SARS coopts to gain entry into our cells.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How Mr. Trump could be booted out quickly without impeachment
There's no practical way to get rid of Trump, so he'll remain President for the full term, subject to the normal actuarial risk. Fantasies about impeachment or the 25th Amendment are just that: fantasies. The Republicans have a majority in both Houses, and the mid-terms won't produce a shift big enough to provide the… -
Re: What is a level playing field? – politicalbetting.com
Consumer stockpiling. Those interested in stockpiling need to think about what they are stockpiling, and why. The UK has rolled over almost all existing EU trade agreements, including aviation agreements. So supplies into UK ports and airports from RoW are largely only being disrupted at present by volume - this is largely… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The weekend polls could impact on these betting prices
I am not aware that I have made any rabid comments. There has not been a war that Jim Murphy has ever opposed. He is the Liam Fox of the Labour Party, but without his charm or sense of humour. I saw some footage on TV of Churchill being heckled loudly by a group of young people at the 1945 general election. He hesitated,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Even though it is fighting fewer seats and had no MPs the BBC
Mr. B, I still think you're being too pessimistic about the Prancing Horse. Practically no difference on pace in qualifying, and if Mercedes still has the turned-up-wick mode then that means Ferrari has the edge on race pace. Plus they've been sharper on strategy. Hard to pass, and the start will be critical. Got a few…